Blue sky pricing remains very high as pricing floor forms; more sellers enter market; privates dominate, while public spend rises 9% year-over-year, according to The Kerrigan Quarterly Blue Sky Report

Irvine, CA, June 23, 2014 – U.S. dealership buy/sell activity dramatically increased in the first quarter of 2014, according to The Kerrigan Quarterly Blue Sky Report for Q1 2014, which was…

Award-winning author Brian Solis to show dealers how to navigate and embrace disruptive technologies (from wearables to sharing economies)-- and drive better customer relationships and more sales by becoming part of the ‘disruption’

Salt Lake City, UT – June 5, 2014 – DrivingSales today announced that Brian Solis, an award-winning author and globally recognized…

National study of over 366,000 vehicle purchases shows, for the first time, that dealership branded mobile apps influence consumer vehicle purchases

Daytona Beach, FL – May 6, 2014 –DMEautomotive (DMEa) today released key research findings from a first-ever study of over 366,000 purchase records, from a mix of 111 dealerships that offered a dealership-branded mobile app during the course of a full year,…

 Study details unexpected benefits: Benny Boyd Auto Group lost 4 cars to fake IDs prior to using ID Drive scanner; after using for one year: ID fraud eliminated – sales across 9 stores increased 10% - and sales process slashed by 30 minutes

Mission Viejo, CA – April 28, 2014 – ID fraud is a massive national problem – and a growing dealership issue. The Benny Boyd Auto Group, with nine stores in Texas, lost four vehicles to…

Dealerships can now track – and precisely target – the 40% of their site traffic that comes through smartphones and tablets; 1,100 dealers using Gubagoo report even higher chat-to-lead rates on mobile (74%) than on desktops

West Palm Beach, FL–April 15, 2014 – Gubagoo announced today that its behavioral analytics-based chat and website engagement platform for dealer websites is now fully optimized for…

DMEautomotive study provides fresh evidence that dealership avoidance is a new car buying “normal”

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – April 15, 2014 – It may be the second most expensive purchase of most people’s lives, but new research from DMEautomotive (DMEa) reveals that a growing number of Americans are bypassing test-drives – and making strikingly few visits to dealerships – in their car-buying process.

The latest…

DMEautomotive named as Dealer Marketing Magazine’s 2014 Technology Leader in Service Marketing for Driver Connect

Daytona Beach, Fla., April 9, 2014 -- DMEautomotive’s (DMEa), the leader in science-based, results-driven automotive marketing, has received the prestigious Dealer Marketing Magazine Technology Leadership Award for the second…

DMEa Driver Connect joins with leading prepaid maintenance provider to put Fidelis PPM in the palm of the customer’s hand -- and powerful mobile marketing and retention at the dealership’s fingertips

Daytona Beach, FL –April 8, 2014 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the leader in science-based, results-driven automotive marketing, today announced that…

 DMEautomotive will present Moving Beyond Retention: A New Paradigm to Grow Your Service Business, based on original research, at the DrivingSales Presidents Club in New York City April 16^th, 2014

Daytona, FL and Salt Lake City, UT – April 2, 2014 – DMEautomotive has been selected as a finalist for the 2014 DrivingSales Most Valuable Insight Award, which was created to foster the spirit of progress and…

Partnership integrates DMEautomotive’s state-of-the-art call center services and award-winning mobile app services directly into the DealerSocket CRM system, providing seamless and secure connectivity for DealerSocket users.

Daytona Beach, FL – March 31, 2014 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the leader in science-based, results-driven …

Insights on Retention Metrics, KPIs, Phone Lead Conversion and Service Pricing – All Backed by Deep and Original Research - to Compete Onstage at the Inaugural DrivingSales Presidents Club event in New York City in April

Salt Lake City, UT -  March 19, 2014 - DrivingSales today announced the finalists of the 2014 DrivingSales Most Valuable Insight Competition, which was created to foster the spirit of progress and thought leadership in the…

New consumer survey from DMEautomotive released in conjunction with National Collision Awareness month reveals that 'distracted driving' activities are still rampant: 28% surveyed admitted that they text; half eat or talk on the phone; 5% read, work on laptop, floss or shave while driving; young are the biggest offenders

Daytona Beach, FL – March 18, 2014 – Singing out loud is the number one activity while driving, according to a…

Steve Pace, veteran of leading innovative digital marketing companies, including Dealer.com, Dealix, ResponseLogix, AutoWeb and Autobytel, to lead dealer sales initiatives for rapidly growing company

San Francisco, CA – February 26, 2014 – LotLinx, the first syndicated advertising network for automotive retailing that delivers…

Free webinar on Thursday, February 27th at 2 p.m. EST provides an easy-to-grasp guide to mobile marketing; free copy of “The Big Picture Book of Mobile Marketing Strategy” for each attendee

Daytona Beach, FL–February 19, 2014– DMEautomotive (DMEa), the science-inspired, results-based automotive marketing leader, announces the ninth in a series of webinars the company is hosting with…

Vaynerchuk joins line-up that includes DealerTrack’s Mark O’Neill, Presidio’s  Erin Kerrigan and Markel Automotive’s Tony Caputo; “Most Valuable Insight’ competition applications open – deadline March 3rd; event focuses on latest trends/best practices to strengthen Capital, People and Brand

Salt Lake City, Utah – February 19, 2014 – DrivingSales today announced…

Annual report offers industry’s most comprehensive list of acquisitions; market brisk in 2013; Chrysler/Jeep franchises led activity

Detroit, MI –February 11, 2014 – The Banks Report, the retail auto industry’s leading online source for analysis and insight, today released The 2014 Dealership Acquisition Report, the auto industry’s most comprehensive assessment and analysis of dealership acquisition activity from the previous…

DMEautomotive’s groundbreaking mobile app for dealerships wins prestigious Automotive Website Award

New Orleans, LA – January 27, 2014 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the science-inspired, results-based automotive marketing leader, today announced that its groundbreaking mobile app for dealerships, Driver Connect 2.5, was presented with an Automotive Website Award from PCG Consulting  in the Automotive Mobile…

 Case studies show visitor to lead conversions triple for one dealership using Gubagoo and jumping over 1500% for another -- and all at a cost per lead/sale at a fraction of traditional media

New Orleans, LA – January 26, 2014 – Dealerships using Gubagoo’s revolutionary behavioral engagement and scoring technologies for automotive websites are experiencing dramatic increases in visitor to lead…

Data indicates dealerships need to re-think their paid traffic spend.

New Orleans, LA, – January 25, 2014 – LotLinx, developers of the auto industry’s first deep- linking inventory serving platform, today released key findings at the 2014 National Automobile Dealers Association Conference from a national Dealer Tracking Study comparing Google AdWords’ campaigns against a new search strategy: Deep…

 With Gubatel, Gubagoo becomes first intelligent chat-OR-call ‘Total Communications’ platform for dealership websites

Provides call agents with transparent window into which vehicles and/or services the caller is interested in; agents can discuss, display and email offers specific to their needs in real-time

New Orleans, LA – January 25, 2014 – At the National…